Vacuumcleaning (b/w photo)

Vacuuming at the turn of the century 1800-1900. Before electricity became common in homes, the early vacuum cleaners were primitive dust machines. Here a recreated historical scene in a home where two women maneuver a hand driven vacuum cleaner. The younger woman creates vacuum and suction with a lever. The elderly woman uses it to clean the sofa. 1901 was the year of the first patent for an electrical vacuum cleaner. In Sweden Axel Wenner-Gren developed the invention and 1913 Lux factory began production of the first Swedish electric one called Model 1, a machine of 14 kg.